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Harried

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har⋅ry

  [har-ee] verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
2. to ravage, as in war; devastate: The troops harried the countryside.
–verb (used without object)
3. to make harassing incursions.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME herien, OE her(g)ian (deriv. of here army); c. G verheeren, ON herja to harry, lay waste

Synonyms:
1. molest, plague, trouble. 2. plunder, strip, rob, pillage.
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har·ry   (hār'ē)   
tr.v.   har·ried, har·ry·ing, har·ries

  1. To disturb or distress by or as if by repeated attacks; harass. See Synonyms at harass.

  2. To raid, as in war; sack or pillage.


[Middle English harien, from Old English hergian; see koro- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

harry 
O.E. hergian "make war, lay waste, ravage, plunder," the word used in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" for what the Vikings did to England, from P.Gmc. *kharohan (v.), from *kharjaz "an armed force" (cf. O.E. here, O.N. herr, O.H.G. har, Ger. Heer "host, army"), from PIE root *koro- "war" (cf. Lith. karas "war, quarrel," karias "host, army;" O.C.S. kara "strife;" M.Ir. cuire "troop;" O.Pers. kara "host, people, army;" Gk. koiranos "ruler, leader, commander").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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